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We invite you to join us for the meeting of the FxGS Family History Writing SIG online Zoom meeting on Monday night, March 4th from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

Mike Mason has been working on a family story about his great-great grandparents’ efforts to obtain a soldier’s Civil War invalid pension and a widow’s pension. He has written a story about how his family went about applying for a pension and what the US government required of applicants. The pension records file revealed a great deal of personal information about his ancestors that was unavailable anyplace else.

He is interested in getting the group’s feedback and their thoughts about where this story might be published.

We are looking for manuscripts to review at the May 6, June 3, Oct 7, Nov 4, and Dec 2 meetings. If you have a manuscript you are writing for your family or publication, members of the Family History Writers’ Special Interest Group would enjoy reading and reviewing your family narratives to help you to make them even better.

We are all at different levels of writing skills and experience, and we enjoy helping each other. Whether questions of grammar, comma usage, spelling variations, or those fiendish footnotes, we welcome the opportunity to discuss and debate the issues.

If you wish to be added to the members' list to receive a copy of the draft manuscript by email and join the online meetings, please send your name and email address to SIG co-leader Sean Furniss at Sean.Furniss@gmail.com.

Join us at the online Zoom meeting and see how historical context can be incorporated into family history narratives. See how two stories can be told at once, placing the protagonist in the center of the action, adding suspense, injecting drama, and using dialogue to move the story forward.